Q: Is 74,207,483 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,207,483 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 74,207,483 can be evenly divided by 1 7 19 103 133 721 1,957 5,417 13,699 37,919 102,923 557,951 720,461 3,905,657 10,601,069 and 74,207,483, with no remainder.

Since 74,207,483 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,207,483, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).